Category: allergy

Recalls and Alerts: January 27, 2012

Here is today’s list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals, allergy alerts and miscellaneous compliance issues. The live links will take you directly to the official recall notices and company news releases that contain detailed information for each recall and alert.

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United States

  • Allergy Alert: Pinnacle Foods Group LLC recalls the following Aunt Jemima Frozen Pancakes (box of 12; Recommended Use By Date between November 1, 2011 and October 16, 2012, inclusive), due to the presence of undeclared soy. The affected pancake varieties include: Buttermilk Low Fat (12/14.5-oz; UPC 19600-05100), Oatmeal (12/14.8oz; UPC 19600-05490), Buttermilk (12/14.8oz; 19600-05820), Homestyle (12/14.8oz; UPC 19600-05910), Confetti (12/14.8oz; UPC 19600-05955), and Whole Grain (12/14.5oz; UPC 19600-06040).
  • Food Safety Alert Rescinded: The Massachusetts Department of Public Health rescinded its consumer alert for raw milk from Twin Rivers Farm in Ashley Falls, MA after more specific lab tests did not confirm brucellosis in a Massachusetts resident, and after the milk and cows at the farm also tested negative for Brucella. The state is also rescinding a “Cease and Desist from the sale of Raw Milk” order that had been issued to the dairy last week.

Canada

  • Food Safety Recall: Saputo Inc. (Montreal, QC) recalls Neilson Trutaste 2% Microfiltered Partly Skimmed Milk (4-L bags; Best before code 1590 FE12 H7; Best before date February 12, 2012), because the milk may be contaminated with a cleaning solution. One reaction has been reported. The recalled milk was distributed in Ontario and in Aylmer, Quebec.

Europe

  • Allergy Alert (UK): Doves Farm Foods Limited withdraws Gluten-Free Buckwheat Flour (1kg; Best before 12.10.12; Batch code 2011), because the product contains low levels of gluten.
  • Pharmaceutical Product Allergy Alert (UK): MHRA advises the public that Dekristol 20,000 IU Colecalciferol Capsules, an unlicensed product that has been imported in significant quantities into the UK (Manufactured by MIBE GMBH, Germany), contains undeclared peanut oil and is contraindicated for patients with nut allergies.
  • Food Safety Recall (Denmark): Hilton Foods Denmark recalls Butcher chopped pig/calf 8-12% (500g; Batch No. 400242203A; Best before 23.01.2012), due to Salmonella contamination.
  • Food Safety Recall (Greece): EFET orders the immediate withdrawal of Lev – Sheath Headless Canned Seafood (500g pkgs; Best before 31.12.2013), due to excessive levels of histamine.
  • Cosmetic Product Safety Recall (France): French authorities have seized and have ordered the recall of Civic Crème pour la Peau (Lot #3A588), Charms (Lachiparma) Crème Eclaircissante pour la Peau (30g; Lot #080188) and L’Abidjanaise Crème pour la Peau (50g; Lot #54), because the products contain clobetasol dipropionate, which is not a permitted ingredient in cosmetics in France.
  • Food Safety Enforcement Action (Sweden): Following a request by the National Food Administration, an administrative court judge has ordered a fine of 200,000 crown to be levied against Scan after the company repeatedly ignored orders to correct a condensation problem in its Linköping slaughterhouse.

Some supermarket chains post recall notices on their web sites for the convenience of customers. To see whether a recalled food was carried by your favorite supermarket, follow the live link to the supermarket’s recall web site.

*The Kroger umbrella encompasses numerous supermarket, marketplace and convenience store chains, listed on the Kroger corporate home page.
**Includes Safeway, Vons, Pavilions, Dominick’s, Genuardi’s, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Carrs and Pak N’ Save.

Recalls and Alerts: January 26, 2012

Here is today’s list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals, allergy alerts and miscellaneous compliance issues. The live links will take you directly to the official recall notices and company news releases that contain detailed information for each recall and alert.

If you would like to receive automatic email alerts for all new articles posted on eFoodAlert, please submit your request using the sidebar link.

United States

  • Food Safety Recall: M.E. Thompson, Inc. (Jacksonville, FL) recalls Anytime Deli Turkey & Ham Sub Sandwich (white butcher-wrap pkg; Expiration date January 19th and January 22nd; UPC 0543200194), because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled sandwiches were distributed on January 2nd and 3rd to convenience stores in Florida and Georgia.

Canada

  • Allergy Alert: Ferme Piscicole des Bobines Inc. (Hereford, QC) recalls Minis Feuilletés de truite arc-en-ciel à la Florentine (120g; Lot MLFO11-055), Minis Feuilletés de truite arc-en-ciel à la Provençale (120g; Lot MPRO11-055, MPRO11-144 and MPRO11-277) and Minis Feuilletés de truite arc-en-ciel à la Milanaise (120g; Lot MMIL11-187 and MMIL11-343), due to the presence of undeclared egg. The recalled products were sold from the retail store at Ferme Piscicole des Bobines Inc, East Hereford, QC.

Europe

  • Food Safety Recall (Ireland): Iceland Foods Ltd. recalls Iceland Frozen Lamb Mince (454g; Best before 11/10/2012), due to the presence of Salmonella arizonae.
  • Food Safety Recall (Denmark): Taga Foods Denmark recalls Taga Serrano Ham (60g pkg; Lot 044911.1; Best before 04-08-2012; Product of Spain), because some packages are leaking, which may allow microbial contamination and growth.
  • Unlicensed Drug/Allergy Alert (UK): MHRA advises all healthcare professionals that Vigantoletten 1000IU Colecalciferol Tablets (Produced by Merck Serono, Germany), which has been imported in significant quantities into the UK is an unlicensed product and also contains undeclared soya oil.
  • Blood Product Field Safety Notice/Recall (Spain): Haemonetics Corporation (Braintree, MA) recalls certain disposable materials for red blood cells (Product  Nos. 0948F-00, 00941-00, 0942-00, 00944-00, 946FF-00, 0947F-00, 00235-00 and 0235P-00),  after microscopic leaks were detected in the internal welds at the tops of some bags.
  • Animal Feed Safety Notification (EU #2012.0131): Salmonella in soybean meal from Argentina, via Germany; distributed to the Czech Republic and Germany.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2012.0132): Salmonella in paan leaves from India; distributed to the United Kingdom.
  • Animal Feed Safety Notification (EU #2012.0133): Salmonella in soy bean meal from Italy; distributed to Austria.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2012.0134): Norovirus in oysters from the Netherlands; distributed to Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
  • Animal Feed Safety Notification (EU #2012.0135): Salmonella Mbandaka in organic soypresscake from Italy; distributed to Sweden.
  • Animal Feed Safety Notification (EU #2012.0137): Salmonella Montevideo in soybean meal from Italy; distributed to Austria.
  • Animal Feed Safety Notification (EU #2012.0139): Salmonella Livingstone in corn gluten meal from the Netherlands; distributed to Sweden.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2012.0140): Listeria monocytogenes in Wicklow Farmhouse Cheese Ltd. chilled wicklow blue Irish farmhouse cheese from Ireland; distributed to Ireland and the United Kingdom.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2012.0141): Deterioration of oat cakes from Hungary; distributed to Poland.

Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands

  • Dietary Supplement Safety Recall (Hong Kong): The Department of Health warns the public not to use the unregistered slimming product Fat 2 AND 1 Burners III, as it has been found to contain the banned pharmaceutical ingredients sibutramine and phenolphthalein.

Australia and New Zealand

  • Allergy Alert (Australia): Ontrack Pty Ltd recalls Walkers Chocolates of London Milk Chocolate Selection Fruit and Nut Selection (450g plastic jar; Best before Aug 01 2012), due to the presence of undeclared brazil nut and almond. The recalled product was sold at Kmart stores across australia.

Some supermarket chains post recall notices on their web sites for the convenience of customers. To see whether a recalled food was carried by your favorite supermarket, follow the live link to the supermarket’s recall web site.

*The Kroger umbrella encompasses numerous supermarket, marketplace and convenience store chains, listed on the Kroger corporate home page.
**Includes Safeway, Vons, Pavilions, Dominick’s, Genuardi’s, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Carrs and Pak N’ Save.

Recalls and Alerts: January 24, 2012

Here is today’s list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals, allergy alerts and miscellaneous compliance issues. The live links will take you directly to the official recall notices and company news releases that contain detailed information for each recall and alert.

If you would like to receive automatic email alerts for all new articles posted on eFoodAlert, please submit your request using the sidebar link.

United States

  • Consumer Product Safety Recall: Lee Carter Co. (San Francisco, CA) recalls Super Luchamania Action Figures (Manufactured in Mexico; sold from June 2000 through October 2011), because the surface paint on the figures contains excessive levels of lead.
  • Outbreak Alert: The Iowa Department of Public Health advises the public that reports of norovirus outbreaks have been increasing in recent weeks.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Blount Seafood Corporation (Fall River, MA) that a November/December 2011 inspection of the company’s seafood processing facility revealedserious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation, Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 123, and the Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulation for foods.
Canada
  • Consumer Product Safety Recall: Deejay Jewellery Inc. (Montreal, QC) recalls various Impulse! & Co. and Party Princess Children’s Jewellery (Manufactured in China; sold in Canada from January 2005 to December 2011), because the recalled items may contain lead in excess of the allowable limits and may contain cadmium in excess of guidance levels proposed recently by Health Canada.

Europe

  • Allergy Alert (France): Société Soufflet Alimentaire recalls Carrefour brand Fusilli Pesto (200g Doypack; Lot #2 E355; Best before 12/2012), due to the presence of undeclared traces of peanuts.
  • Food Safety Recall (UK): Iceland recalls Frozen Lamb Mince (454g; Best before 11 October 2012), because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella.
  • Food Safety Recall (Ireland): Wicklow Farmhouse Cheese Ltd. recalls Wicklow Blue Irish Farmhouse Cheese “mild creamy blue-veined brie cheese” (150g; Batch #11326B; Best before 31/01/2012), due to the detection of a high level of Listeria monocytogenes.
  • Food Safety Recall (Denmark): Gert Nielsen recalls “Rørt Fars” (Produced 17.01.12; Best before 18.01.12), due to Salmonella contamination. The recalled product was supplied to caterers and canteens east of the Great Belt.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2012.0124): Escherichia coli in mussels from Italy, with raw material from Spain; distributed to Italy.

Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands

  • Food Safety Alert (Israel): The Ministry of Health warns the public not to purchase or consume Power Coffee (Manufactured in China; Marketed by MM Marketing and Distribution Limited), after lab tests detected the presence of the pharmacologically active ingredient hydroxythiohomosildenafil, an analogue of the active agent in the prescription drug Viagra.
  • Food Safety Enforcement Action (Israel): The Tel Aviv District Health Office has ordered the closing of the Carmel Food Industries manufacturing plant in Bat Yam, after the plant was found to be operating under poor sanitary conditions and without a business license. The company is suspected of manufacturing fake olive oil, honey and other food products.
  • Outbreak Alert (Zimbabwe): The Washington Post reports that more than 660 people have been treated for typhoid in Harare, Zimbabwe since November 2011. The outbreak appears to be waning.

Australia and New Zealand

  • Dietary Supplement Safety Alert (Australia): The Therapeutic Goods Administration warns Australians that Miraculous Evil Root Tablets are illegal in Australia, as they contain elevated levels of the undeclared prescription drug sildenafil (active ingredient in Viagra).

Some supermarket chains post recall notices on their web sites for the convenience of customers. To see whether a recalled food was carried by your favorite supermarket, follow the live link to the supermarket’s recall web site.

*The Kroger umbrella encompasses numerous supermarket, marketplace and convenience store chains, listed on the Kroger corporate home page.
**Includes Safeway, Vons, Pavilions, Dominick’s, Genuardi’s, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Carrs and Pak N’ Save.